Canadians fly at Lake Louise Nor-Ams

In the final three days of racing, Canadians captured nine of a possible 15 podium positions at the Lake Louise Nor-Am races. Four of those medals went to two Whistler skiers, members of the Whistler Mountains Ski Club alumni.

In the mens downhill on Dec. 9, Whistlers Jeff Hume, a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team, finished first, edging American Geoffrey Stephenson by 1/100
th
of a second. Eric Guay, another CAST member, took the bronze medal.

Six other Canadians cracked the top 15, led by Jan Hudec of Calgary in fourth place. Rosslands David Anderson was seventh, Manuel Osborne-Paradis (B.C.) was 10
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, while Cameron Barnes, Luke Patterson and Derek Mortson (all of Alberta) were 12
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, 13
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and 14
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.

In the womens downhill, Whistlers Christina Risler, 18, finished just 0.17 seconds out of first to claim the bronze medal. Risler is currently a member of the national development team.

The top two spots went to Bryna McCarty and Tatum Skoglund of the U.S.